Zechariah 1:12-14

International Standard Version

¹² And the angel of the Lord replied, “Lord of the Heavenly Armies, how long will it be until you show mercy to Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah, with whom you have been angry for these past seventy years?”

¹³ So the Lord answered the angel who was speaking to me with kind and comforting words.

The Lord’s Concern for Zion

¹⁴ Then the angel who was speaking to me told me, “Announce this: ‘This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies says: “I have a deep concern for Jerusalem, a great concern for Zion.